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Managed Care October 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Asheville's Legacy: Pharmacy Moves From Dispensing to Clinical Management It is an idea whose time has finally come: Today's clinical pharmacists are involved in virtually all aspects of medical care.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2013 William Looney	Recognizing the Best Getting patients to take their medicine on spec and on time is the challenge that never goes away; it's the deadweight baggage accompanying every industry innovation since the arrival of aspirin a century ago.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011	Employers: Fighting Non-Adherence A Q and A with Andrew Webber, President and CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health
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Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2008 George Koroneos	Hard of (Ad)hering Companies have responded to declining profits with a proliferation of patient compliance programs. But where is pharma in this paradigm shift?
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2014 William Looney	The Call to Community: A Conversation with Dr. David Nash Population health is the foundation for much of what is truly new in US health reform. For big Pharma, it represents yet another escalation in expectations.
Managed Care October 2001 Patrick Mullen	Interview: Pharmacists in Need The executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmaceutical Association says pharmacists are being inundated and need help...
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Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2013 Clark Herman	Adherence's New Players: Fresh Support from the Sidelines New stakeholders, innovative technologies, and emergent synergies in government are combining to build fresh momentum behind the old issue of medication adherence.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006 Mike Mallett	Marketing to Professionals: Penetrate the Point of Purchase Leverage mystery shoppers, and improve patient compliance through local pharmacists.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Charlene Prounis	Marketing to Professionals: Doctor-Patient Communication Improving doctor-patient relations can lead to increased patient compliance.
Managed Care May 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Medication Therapy Management May Finally Enter the Mainstream Pharmacies can now take advantage of CPT codes to bill insurers for direct patient care. Will private payers follow Medicare in offering this service?
Managed Care August 2004 Alan Lotvin	Specialty Pharmacy Presents Unique Set of Challenges Only a small percent of a typical health plan's population takes medicine for conditions outside the generalist's scope. But it's a big portion of the drug bill.
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Managed Care May 2004 Thomas G. Dolan	Pharmacist Care An Idea Whose Time Is Still Coming For more than a decade, it has seemed this idea would catch fire. But many insurers are still looking for evidence that it can reduce overall costs.
American Family Physician September 1, 2006 Gardiner & Dvorkin	Promoting Medication Adherence in Children The problem of getting children to follow a treatment regimen is widespread and is frustrating for physicians. Having the child participate in devising the plan improves adherence.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2013 Ken Getz	Building Clinical Trial Awareness for Patients: Why Not Try the Pharmacist? The author explains how building a stakeholder outreach agenda around the community pharmacist can lead to a better outcome in managing the complex ins and outs of a trial protocol.
Managed Care May 2007 Rachel M. Renshaw	Keys to Diabetes Control? Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance Careful attention to a comprehensive treatment plan could forestall or prevent the need to add drugs and costs to a patient's regimen.
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Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 William Looney	The Learning Curve In a wake up call to this year's Emerging Leaders a group of St. Joseph's Business School Health Management alumni say time has no limit on surprises; change for pharma is here and it's good.
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Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 William Looney	Pharma 2012: Hard Times Before the Harvest 2012 will be a transition year for pharma, one of the most important in its history. The challenge is that many new treatments may not complete the move from 'bench to bedside' in time to plug the yawning revenue gap.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2014 William Looney	A Mission to Transform Mid-career students at Brown University's new Executive Masters in Healthcare Leadership program are challenging the status quo with workplace projects focused on one thing: removing the organizational silos.
Managed Care May 2003 Wayne Miller	Higher Drug Copays Now Might Cause Problems Later The long-term impact of noncompliance must be considered before copayments are increased. This is especially true where chronic conditions are concerned.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2014 William Looney	The Trials of Commerce Four commercial line executives serve as our jury of peers on what's in store for the future of pharma, and discuss the changing criteria for market success, from drugs to consumer products to vaccines.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Al Topin	Doctors' Words No Longer Gospel In the digital age, physicians don't call the shots when it comes to healthcare guidance. Marketers must appeal to multiple sources in seeking ways to garner patient adherence and loyalty.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Elys Roberts & Sarah Phillips	The Emergence of the Pro-Patient How can pharma embrace and interact with increasingly informed and demanding patients to bring positive outcomes for all?
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Managed Care August 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Bad Tiered Formulary Designs Yield Poor Outcomes, High Cost Now that tiered formularies rule the land, what many suspected is being demonstrated: Compliance is suffering and so, too, are patients.
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Managed Care March 2007 Louis W. Hutchison	Unable to Carry Cost Burden, Payers Seek Other Remedies The pharmacy benefit landscape of today is all but unrecognizable from its predecessor of just a decade ago. Blending an approach that uses education, reward, and penalty can rein in runaway health care costs
Pharmaceutical Executive July 3, 2007 Jessica DiPaolo	Toolkit: Good Tailoring Does your marketing campaign reach the huddled masses of frustrated or illiterate healthcare consumers?
Managed Care October 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Not So Much of a Reach: Let Sick Pay Less for Drugs The idea is radical and simple: Those who need medication the most should pay the least. There is evidence that this is cost-effective.
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Managed Care September 2004	Cost-Related Underuse of Heart Meds Leads to Cardiac Complications The study is significant because it is the first nationally representative longitudinal study to demonstrate that patients with serious chronic illnesses experience adverse health events when they restrict their use of prescription drugs due to cost.
Managed Care December 2004 Adler & Schukman	The Role of Managed Care In Patient Safety & Error Reduction Patient safety and medical errors have become the focus of increasing attention from the public, policymakers, and accreditation agencies. Managed care organizations clearly are important stakeholders in this issue.
American Journal of Nursing October 2007 Levensky et al.	Motivational Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Approach to Counseling Helps Patients Follow Treatment Recommendations This article will help nurses learn how to use motivational interviewing to encourage patients to adhere to treatment recommendations.
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